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[ambershee]

Yeah, subversion is the best place for it - keeps everything accessible and safe

[MikePurvis]

Yeah, subversion is the best place for it - keeps everything accessible and safe

Is there a format I should put it in so it can be easily installed instead of just a bunch of folders that need to be put different places?

[ambershee]

Look at the existing project folders, and copy their layouts - folder for source, folder for content / assets, folder for config.

[Chasarsis]

Hey all; my name's Rashad, I'm a modeler/concept artist with skill points mostly allotted to character creation, but with some in prop/environment art as well. Chris Bailey referred me here with the promise that you guys are working on awesome stuff, and I'd like to help if I can.

I know, Max, Maya, Zbrush, Mudbox, and I've been getting familiar with Unreal 3 for the past couple months

You can check out my is portfolio/blog here: http://chasarsis.blogspot.com

I'll spend some time looking around, and if you guys need my skills, just point me at a goal and lemme know how to get started!

[ambershee]

Hi Rashad, nice to see a familiar face

Here's the jist of what's going on down here at the moment; we're working on throwing out an team-coordination orientated multiplayer game mode (Unreal Rider Project) in a ludicrous time frame. We've been developing for 11 days now, and we have 9 to go before I want something releasable. Unless you want to shit out three player models in a week, I think you might not find much to do here . Might need some simple odds and sods, so if you keep track of the project topic, you'll know.

Our primary project, that we've been taking a break from and are going back to at the end of the month, is more of an experimental experience - it's a cyberpunk singleplayer speed-running game played in the third person. We've actually the key code foundation solidly in place, because we were initially intending to develop in six weeks, and have it finished for the end of the month. We later decided we'd look at entering it in the MSUC competition (http://www.makesomethingunreal.com) during phase two - so we have until partway though August until a release date now. We've got some groovy features implemented for it, such as a system wherein the environment changes appearance (materials and post processing) dependant on how well the player is performing - and we want to implement online statistics on a website, as well as film live action cut-scenes to direct the player. This is a project where we will want a lot of custom assets work.

After that? Who knows, we'll see how everyone feels about tackling the next big challenge - we've already got public concepts for a very sexy racer, first person shooter with a twist, and I've got documents for a side-scrolling platform shooter / puzzler, as well an RTS based around Unreal 3 tech - but this is not important right now.

If you're looking for something to do, the best place to dive in at the deep end would be a Tron-Esque player model for the DataRun project. There are no concepts, so you'll want to do the legwork on that score yourself. The visuals are demi-realistic, but there's a lot of free reign in this department, as it's a contributed, rather than scheduled or directed project. It should be rigged directly with a suitable UT3 player skeleton, consist of no more than 15,000 polygons, and may have any necessary number of texture maps with resolutions of up to 2048x2048. I'd imagine that a single diffuse (with baked occlusion, if need be), emissive, normal and specular mapping would be all that is required.

If you're used to working with Chris, you may find the atmosphere a little different - we're a very initiative based group; agree on a project, set it's scope and a deadline, and just go for it, no scheduling, no regular meetings. So long as we keep up to date with one another via messenger, and more importantly through the forums, we're all good.

A heads up on who the other faces are you'll see around here - you've met me before, I'm a technical designer and a programmer, and do the management legwork where need be, if required. Xiongmao is a programmer, and has been doing an awful lot of great work on both current projects. Yuumei is also a programmer, and he'll specifically being dealing with the web based stat system, so you probably won't have much dealings with him. We also have Darknet, who is a fairly newbie blender 3d artist / level designer, who has a healthy level of dedication, but could probably do with some tips. He's done some meshes for out preliminary level design for the DataRun project, which may be worth taking a look at when you get the chance. You'll get a lot of other people popping in and out for 'Mutator Week' - don't worry too much about them, it's a rookie programming / learning experience we also do

[xiongmao]

Yeah Team grows up!!! Welcome Rashad
Feel free to upload any meshes (weapon, vehicle, ..), I'll integrate them^^. Ask Luke for Svn access if it's not already done.

Here is the Wiki used for DataRun. As Luke said a new player model could be really cool, we also plan to code a kind of weaponless raptor.
Luke is right, there's no schedule except the deadline itself^^, we pick a task between all tasks we identified during specifications, implement it, perform some unit tests and upload it.
I believe DataRun has a great potential. As we decided to enter TC section of MSUC Phase2, you will have an important job as we must custom as much as we can the TC.

Ps: I work less on UnrealRider than DataRun If I can find why those stupid takeDamage methods are not called

[ambershee]

I'll sort him out with SVN just as soon as I get an e-mail address to send details to.

Also, we now have permission to modify this map for UnrealRider Project:
http://forums.epicga...ad.php?t=602801

It should suit us well.

[Chasarsis]

Datarun seems like it be awesome for me to work on then. I'll start thinking and concepting some designs for you guys to look at in the next couple days. My email is temetry@comcast.net, and my AIM is temetry; you guys can get in touch with me at either place.
To be honest, not to many people seem familiar here, though I kinda know you ambershee, from moddb. But I'm guessing that'll change over the next couple weeks

Edited by Chasarsis, 12 June 2008 - 10:08 PM.

[ambershee]

Look forward to seeing some designs. I'll sort you out with SVN access tonight, shouldn't take long after typing this post.

We tend to use MSN Messenger ourselves, so if you could get on that, it'd be handy. I'll PM you mine, Xiongmao's and Darknet's addresses.

As it happens, I recognise you from working with Chris - I was doing a bit of design legwork before Project Valkyrie, but left shortly after that project took off as Source holds little interest for me.

[Zan]

Look forward to seeing some designs. I'll sort you out with SVN access tonight, shouldn't take long after typing this post.

We tend to use MSN Messenger ourselves, so if you could get on that, it'd be handy. I'll PM you mine, Xiongmao's and Darknet's addresses.

As it happens, I recognise you from working with Chris - I was doing a bit of design legwork before Project Valkyrie, but left shortly after that project took off as Source holds little interest for me.

Hello thar

[ambershee]

No good of himself does a listener hear, Speak of the devil he's sure to appear.

[ambershee]

Looks like I'm moving house tommorow. Hopefully the net connection is still running. I'll still be online periodically otherwise if not.

[Carter]

Lo all,

I'm Tom although everyone seems to default to calling me Carter, I'm a third year games art student right on the precipice of having to find a real job , I'm familiar with 3ds max, photoshop, mudbox and of course mapping and asset creation in the Unreal 3 engine

My loves are making high poly assets for normal map creation and creating original looking textures - give me a tiling texture to make and I'm a happy chappy

Anywho I'm looking foward to working with you all and picking up some new stuff on the way,

Carter

[Karuto]

Hello there. I'm Zack, a third-year Marketing major who is going to be taking an internship in the gaming industry this summer. I've worked on a few mods in my day, mostly contributing to concept and design. I've tried to lead a few, but they didn't turn out so well, unfortunately. I also know basic mapping for UnrealED and Hammer.

I'll be a fragment story writer for the DataRun project. I'm really excited about this project, so I hope I can stay true to it.

[Andrew McCray]

er, I have an account, I swear >.>

[Shazane]

Hello everyone, I'm a new writer here.

I'm new to game development, but hope to get into it as a freelance writer and establish myself with projects like this. I have however been writing all my life and have alot of experience with scifi and fantasy. I'm also in college, English major, all the time looking for ways to improve my writing so I hope I will get the job done here. I've also spent alot of time playing UT, if that helps.

Edited by Shazane, 11 January 2009 - 06:18 PM.

[Karuto]

I am finally able to buckle down and get some work done, so I will be creating an outline of the short story soon. Hope this project is still alive and kicking.